Originally Posted by
DchozN
Thanks, fenom. Much appreciated :).
Defy, almost every team talks trash to a certain extent or at the very least gets loud. It's a LAN. I think Torbull was a little angry as Loaded vs. Complexity was one of the first "good" matches of the first day and things got started in a very loud and very hectic fashion as it should have been. Whenever you pit two of the best North American teams together you're going to see what you saw. Again, it's a LAN. I think he wanted to make an example of Loaded but, honestly, you can't take away something that's basically a part of competitive Counter-Strike - trash talking. SirScoots made an awesome point during a recent broadcast in that whenever, say, we watch a football match we honestly don't get to hear the guys on the field talking huge amounts of shit to each other. The QB is exempt as he's mic'd up and carry themselves in a different way (read: censoring themselves knowing their mics are "hot") but you just know those 300 lb linebacker beasts staring down at each other before every play do not talk about how their day went and what dress to wear for the after party. I felt it was best to show the team for what they were that I filmed and what every spectator saw live and a major part of not only CS but sports in general - trashtalking. Anything else would be a disservice to the fans and ultimately a dishonest act. You either love or hate a team like Loaded and we have that in every sport.
Plus, ESEA LAN has been hosted at a temple for the past few seasons and someone left the door open (Loaded played right next to it). That could have been it :).